The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-22 00:00:00

~.....------- ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. Last Night but Six. Troduction of Mey erbeer's grand historical opera, in three act , L'Etolle Du Nord, It will be remembered that this chef d'oeuvre of the great co mposer was produced in the latter part of sio the s seawso henn 1855. the It pact on ly been performed on s even occan lace, entirely calamitous burning of the old t heatre took p consuming the immense mass of materiel so lately prepared for its re presentation. It may th erefore almost be regarded a• a new work !n this country. Since the erection of the pre sent theatre, four out of the five great works of Meyerbeer j., ave been reproduced—viz., Lea Huguenots. Le Prophete, 3..).1n0rah, and Roberto 11 Diavolo. The fifth—viz., L'ETOILE DIJ NORD, will he produced TO-MORROW EVEN ING (Saturday), July 93, with entirely new scenery, costumes, and appointments. On tnts occasion the opera will commence at 8 o'clock. Catterina, Madame Miolan-Carvalho, her first appearance in. that Lharacter, and her first appearance this season; rra.S covia, ,Italia. Maria Brunetti, her first appearance at the Royal Italian Opera,- Natalia, Madame Rudersdorff ; Echi mona, none. jenny Bauer, her first appearance this sea that n Dant Lowitz, Sign or Naudin, his first appearance in character; Giorgio, Signor Neri-Baraidi ; Gritzenko, Signor Ciampi, h i s first appearance in that character ; Coloneller molotf. Signor T , els fico ; Geo eral Tcheremetteff, signor FOlCalitli ; Itainoldo, Signor Capponi ; 1 Slllaiio ft , Signor Lucchesi; tfficiale ?rimy, Signor .N'alla.l ; TJtliciale Second°, Signor Rossi i and Pietro, M. iraure, his first appearance in that Lharacter in England. Conductor, Mr. Costa. The scenery by Mr. W. Beverley. The machinery by Mr. 11. Sloman. rhea' ppointments by . Mr. Brunton. The cos tumes by Mrs. James, Madame Valet, Mr. Coombes, and M. liennier. The dances by M. Desplaces. The Mn-6cene by.).lr. A. Harris. .._ It tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre stals, 109. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amp hitheatre. 28. 6d. Boxes, 5t.9.119, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the al theatre, which is o pen from ten till five, and at the princip musicsellers' and librarians'. OPAL PRINCESSS THEATRE.... Sole Lessee aiad Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 0' Rafferty, Mr. Dorainick Murray. After which, the new p:ay by J ohn O xenford, Esq.' THE ASTERY OF Sr. JUS r : Messrs. Vining, H. Mars- MON tOa J. Nelson, J. VC". gay, H. Mellon, W. Robins, C. Seyton, iii i , . )m an ; IL Mrs. Manton, and Mdlle. Stella Colas. L o w THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPIII. Sale Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. „,- / s EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. 10 -L o y - e, 3 0. R. Phillips. After which, JANET PRIDE : Messrs. B. Webster, J. L. 1. 001 e, P. Bedford, Stuart, Stephenson, homer ; Miss Woolgar, litiss Denman. yollowed by THE AREA BELLE, with a horrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, Y. Bedlord, tt. itomerMiss Woolgar, and 3,irs. H. Lewis, Commence at 7. ROYAL ST, JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. Re-engagement of those ce' ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. ant Mrs. Charles Mathews. Production of an entirely new original Travestie of a very popular subject, by F. C. Burnand, Esq., entitled FAUS T AliD MARGUERITE. In which Mr. and lilts Charles itiathews will appear. The new b the celebrated artists, Messrs. Danson and Sons ; thein ci dental Ballet by Osear Byrne. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the popular mmes of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. axlesCh Mathews. M . prank Matthews , M r. J. L. Toole, Mr. a Mr. Paul Bedtbrd, Mr. _F. Robinson. Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; lliss Herbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth,lMrs. ana Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVE RT EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CLOTHING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Robinson. At a quarter-past 8, a new Travestie, entitled FAUST AND MARGUERITE Mr. Chas. Mathews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr Ashley, Mr. Montague, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. W. Chamberlain, and Mrs. C. Mathews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matatws, Mr. Ash ey, Miss Wentworth. GOODWOOD.—RACE GLASSES, the beat at CALLAGHAN'S, 23A, New Bond-street, W., corner of Conduit-street. N.B.—Sole agent to Voigtlander, Vienna. OPERA and RACE GLASSES, Field and Yacht Glasses, in every variety of size, form, and mounting, matchless for their great magnifying power and sharpness Qt definition. Price, from 30s. each, at CALLAGHAN'S, agentßond -street, W., corner ot Conduit-street. Sole for the celebrated race and field glasses and photo graphic lenses made by Veigtlander, Vienna. Field glasses made expressly for India. warranted to withstand the greatest tropical heat. The new aluminium mounted glasses (as re cently made for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales?, though of the largest size, weigh but a iew ounc,e7. COUNTRY and SEASIDE DRESSES. Messrs. JAY, of Regent-street, have now in stock a variety of WASHING SILK DRESSJI3S, suitatle for the country and seaside, and at the c.earing-out pace of only £1 11s. 6d. the dress. JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. BLACK SILKS.—The price of Silks in the raw material has already r son 15 per cent, and it will soon reach a far treater per-centag,e. Messrs. JAY, therefore, invite their numerous patrons to take advantage of the stock they have on hand, which they can now dispose of on favour able terms ; but the same qualities will naturally be more coAly as the price of silk fluctuates to a higher average JAY'S, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marnni5'........231. per ton. 1 Double .. 20a. per ton. 'lop ' , 2.5. „ ; Deep .2le. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westhourne Park-road. W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Ms. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent rip HE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, c,La be had Every Evening of G. E. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 22, 1864. TIIERMOMBT 2 R. This day at Two o'clock _ Barometer-29.84. WIND—S.W. ; light, and cloudy. FIIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY. —Morning, 4h. Bm.—Afternoon, 4h. 28m. io-atottuo-A:Morning, 4h. 63m.—Afternoon, 3h. 12m. flAig a *um , LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 22, 1864. The manifesto of the Confederate States comes very appropriate at this juncture, and from its tone and sentiment it appears to bo free from that jealous disposition and vehement expression which so often mar the effect of the American declarations. So much calumny has been uttered relative to the Southern States by those who should have known better, and their garbled statements have so often bewildered and taken in the ignorant and mis informed, that it seems to be a right and fitting thing for them to come forward and declare their purpose, explain their meaning, and give expression to their feelings. It is styled " Joint resolutions declaring the disposition of principles and purposes of the Confederate States in relation to the existing war with the United States,"and through the whole tenour of its course it keeps to the text and fulfils its promise. It seta nut by stating that it is dne to the great sacrifices which have been made that the public opinion of the world be enlightened as to the n ature and character of the struggle in which they arc engaged, and there can be no doubt that there is ample justification for the adoption of such a course, and that many will be glad to meet with such a document, comp risin g as it does a summary of the chief objects and the great aim which those belligerents have had in view from the cln 'eneement of the stru gg le which has occupied the attention and riveted the notice of the world. It would have b,en 4 impossible for this manifesto to have been drawn u p is vigorous and its in a better mann er—its st y le l anguage statesmanlike. It reflects great credit in keeping with all w JEFFERSON DAVIS, and is we have seen of his conduct from the outset of this memorable contest. The opinions herein put forth do not belong to any Sato or appertain to a particular people ; they are part of the great principles which ar e th e and property of all the nations of the heritage world, and i mo re especially those which can claim, like the Con federate States of America, to have had a free cix istence which their fathers fought for and gained at so much cost and sacrifice. 'Whether we regard of principles, its determined advo its broad ontlitis clly of free d o m, or its calm review of the events daring the war, it must appear that have occurre d that this enunciation is alike fair and honourable. It does not require a very great scope of fancy to Picture to ourselves what terms the Federal States would have made use of bad they been issuing a statement of this class or character. We should have been treated to the most extravagant aseertiuns, the bitterest rancour, and the most Vehement indiguAtioa relating to their ....----we , o pponents. On the contrary in this mar , jest° there is particular care lest offensirt terms be employed. A writer of history,, writing impartially of past transactions, could not discourse more quietly and collectedly than do tb ese expo nents of the objects for which they are s truggling. In the first place it is laid down that nothing but necessity would have induced them te , take up arms, and that whenever their enemy c eases from its persecution they will willingly accede to the proposals for peace. This is as meach as could be expected from the Congress of Sta tee that have exhibited such z al, ardour, and pat! iotism in the prosecution of their purpose. " Hereditary rights and cherished institutions," are worthy of being preserved, and much as the beholding world may deplore the sad havoc and disastrous consequences of the war, all must admit that the efforts are not fruitless nor the object unworthy of the strife. Pro anis et focis is an axiom of univer sal renown, and the world as it grows old can give ns no better watchword to send forth with our armies into the field, and inspire our community at home with zeal and vigilance. Every one of fore sight must be aware that the Confederates are fight ing for their existence, for their status in the world, as free citizens of independent cities, and the good wishes of all haters of tyranny and oppression go with them to their arduous encounters, and trust that the day is not far distant when a termination will be put to this fearful struggle in the only satisfactory manner that can possibly issue, and the end will crown the work which has been so assiduously performed. This Manifesto is another proof that the Confederates have displayed of their partaking far more than their rivals of the genuine Anglo-Saxon sentiments. Not alone have these been exhibited by their dauntless bravery, but by their indomitable spirit, which reverses could not quell nor disparity of numbers affect. It is also in their moderation in writisg and speaking that we recognise the germs of that calmness and reticence which, as much as our arms, have made us mighty, and given strength to our councils, and effect to our representations. The truth put for ward in this deelaration cannot be gainsaid, end years of fighting have attested to the veracity of the assertion, that the world must see that eight millions of people in so large a territory, with so many and such varied resources, and animated with such a spirit of resistance, cannot be conquered. This is so evident that it is alike distressing and irritating to find the fact wilfully ignored by the Federals, the sharpest among whom must have re cognised the niter fallaciousness of their task long before this. Perhaps the most effective passage here met with:is the one which denounces the attempt made by the invaders to transfer states and indepen dent citizens as though they were rebellious subjects. This is emphatically designated as a " solecism in terms, as well as an outrage on the principles of public law." It is something to say that, after these years of strife, these unequal struggles, and the constant temptation to violence, the Confede rates have earned the right to call themselves honourable claimants for independence and worthy champions of a just cause. Their opponents have failed utterly and completely in winning respect for their motives or their actions. Their conduct has been distinguished by traits unbecoming savage communities and utterly unbearable among civilised States. It is to the lasting honour of the Confede rates that their course has been marked by no such unworthy events, and there is no reason to gainsay the justice of their appeal when they, in confidence and faith, " commit their cause to the enlightened judgment of the world, to the sober reflections of their adversaries themselves, and to the solemn and righteous arbitrament of HEA YEN." The project of embanking the Thames is one of the most important of the various ychemes for improving and adorning the metropolis. It has been talked of so long that it has come to be looked on in many quarters as almost a Utopian vision, and the public were fain to content themselves with the prospect of still retaining our noble river as an insalubrious and unsavoury highway for traffic, instead of being, as it might be, the source of health and comfort to the passer-by. The air blowing across pure running water is as fresh and healthful as the vapours arising from foul water is injurious and obnoxious. We had some years ago eo strong a lesson on this point that it startled even our apathetic Legislature, and sent the members hurry. ing from their committee rooms. Of what avail was it that they should carry on their delibera tions in Mr. BARRY'S gorgeous and costly structure, when all the ingenuity of the architect could not render its ornamented walls impervious to the ❑oxious vapours arising from Old Father Thames ? The consequences of the unwholesome Effluvia to those employed daily on its banks or in its naviga- [on were more serious, and had the evil reached its height in a cholera year the results might have been frightful. As it was, the question of what was to be done with the Thames rose into imme diate prominence, and every oue had some scheme or device for ameliorating its condition. Happily the great main drainage scheme has done good service since that time, by diverting the sewage of the metropolis. It is this scheme that has directly hastened the carrying out of the long talked of em bankment, for the inconvenience of constructing a low level sewer under the busy and crowded high ways north of the Thames was so great and so obvious that the idea of an embankment at once suggested itself to the Board of Works. They saw that by this plan they would not only carry out a great public want and provide a much needed thoroughfare, but they would have the opportunity of completing their drainage scheme without causing any inconvenience or interfering in any way with the vast traffic of the metropolis. They therefore submitted their views on the matter to Mr. COWPER, who brought the necessary Bill before Parliament, and the great work was set in hand. It is, in fact, only marvellous how a wealthy and energetic reople like ourselves, possessed, too, of such engineering skill, can so long have de. layed such a necessary reform. Whether we con• Bider the value of purifying the river—the importance of relieving the traffio—or the orna ment which the Embankment wild be to the Metropolis, we must feel some surprise that ;,,t was not set about before. The unheal'chy vapours, the dismal mud-banks, the wretched little piers which supply our vast steamer traffic, and the mighty stream of life and business daily rushing and chef ng along Fleetastreet and Cheap side have all been borne with the constitutional patience of Englishmen under evils of gradual growth and venerable antiquity. If we could obtain an accurate history of the loss of time and temper, the injury to business, the annoyanco and inconvenience occasioned by one week's stoppage s and delays in the Poultry d urin g the bus y ti me of the year, w e should probably stand aghast at the aggregate of mischief during the last twenty years, Them was no valid or actual reason why the work should not have been done long ago. Certainly v e were not wa iting for money or m eans, for financial credit or for engineering skill. The covetousness of proprietors has had something to do with the delay, but the active pDirit with which the metropolitan railway's are being Carried forTfard leaves no room for 4cical impediments. If a private speculation can be car ried on in face of opposition, surely a great national undertaking for the benefit of the many need not stand still to snit the whims or wishes of a few. For the Embankment will undoubtedly be a public advan.. tage. It will profit both poor and rich; both alike will gain a pleasant highway for recreation, and will have the immense advantage of purer air and water, besides the relief to the over-crowded streets. Ac• cordingly, after so many delays and difficulties, the great work is now began in earnest, and on Wed nesday afternoon the foundation stone was laid at Westmi;:ater, opposite the Board of Control, and the Thames Embankment fairly inaugurated. There were present at the interesting ceremony the First Commissioner of Works, the late Comraisl sioner, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Board, the engineers and contractors engaged, and many others. The scene was a striking one; and when Mr. TIMAITES declared the first stone duly laid, and the answering cheer rose up from the surrounding spec tators, to be caught up by the workmen and navvies, in the yard, it was no wonder that more than one artist strove to catch its prominent features. For the work is no mere ephemeral triumph of the day, no building which, however grand or costly, is merely a matter of speculative profit, but it is to be one of those creations of art and science which is to carry down the fame of a nation from one generation to another. Even as the old water gate, which is to form part of it, has survived all the other traces of the splendour of Buckingham House, and has outworn dynasties, so the Thames Embankment may present its noble frontage to the river when the present boundaries of Europe and America are matters of the pest. Stretching from the old City Cathedral to the grand Gothic Abbey at Westminster, it links the past and the present, and if no skill of modern times can rival those venerable structures, the magnificent high- way which is to unite the two will at least testify to all succeeding time that the present generation of Englishmen have inherited something of the I genius, the daring, and the energy of their fathers. BANK OF FRANCE. (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, July 21. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day, together with the cor responding figures of the previous accounts : JULY 21. JULY H. Da. f. c. f. c. Capital of the Bank 182,500,000 182,500,000 Profits in addition toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9.1857) 5,069,532 49 5,050,668 93 Reserve in tho Bank and _ -- 7 its branches Reserve in landed property 4,000,000 -,- 4,000,000 Notes in circulation 758,378,725 792,b19,275 Bank notes to order and re- ceipte payable at sight.. 5,909,290 56 5,376,404 44 Treasury Rea, cur, creditor 60,496,245 97 58,430,429 98 Current accounts—Paris —113,792,771 18 131,889.202 73 Do. branch-banks 21,489.49 20,352,280 Dividends payable Discounts and sundry interests 4,417,058 59 3,583,344 57 Re-discounts of the last six months 2,588,735 17 2,588,735 17 Sundries 1,234,491,432 40 1,258,418,650 63 CR. Cash in hand and branch banks 269,810,253 27 266,890,961 30 Commercial bills overdue 3,225,228 27 473,531 44 Commercial billsdiscounted not yet due 333,432,249 11 354,078,822 86 Do. branch-banks.... 307,867,104 313,108,624 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch banks 3,338,100 3,414,800 Advances on French public securities .. Do, branch-banks 9,678,650 9,571,050 Advances on railway shares and debentures .. 28,593,600 29,439,700 Do. branch-banks.... 18,853,200 19,088,900 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds 350.600 362,000 Do.brancb.-banks 365,900 382,700 Advances to the State (Conwn. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 (T„ct. Ttpspro. 12.95().7 5O 14 12.950.750 1A Do. disposable Rentes immobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. Landed property, branches Expenses of management 505,311 03 113,413 26 Sundries 3,821,572 67 2,504,902 17 1,231,494,132 40 1,258,418,650 63 Certified by the Honorary Vice-PreEident of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD. VVITRY. ETON COLLEGE.—The examination of candidates for the foundation commenced yesterday mornir,g at 7 o'clock, the posers having arrived at the college on th e previous day. Tne following was the order of examination : —From 7 till 9 o'clock Latin translation ; half past 10 till half past 12, Latin composition; and from 3, till half past 4 arithmetic paper. To-day (Friday) the examination will proceed as follows :—From 7 till 9 G . ..eek translation, and from 11 till half past 12 second ma'lematical paper for boys of 13 years old and upwards. T. ne candidates, numbering it is understood upwards of -- ‘O, are allowed to use a dic tionary, gradus, Greek lexicon, and grammarfi for every paper but the first. At the election of I _B6o it was agreed that a certain amount of mathematical knowledge should be required from a'.'t candidates in proportion to their ages. For this purpori a general paper is now set, which includes ordinary arithmetic, algebra up to quadratic equations, and the first thr ee books of Euclid. The examination concludes to-day, P.nd the result will probably be made known on Mon day. The election regatta takes place to-morrow. THE NEW HOTEL AT BRIGHTON.—The Grand Rotel at Brighton is now completed, and to-mor• row the doors of he splendid establishment will be thrown open for the reception of visitors. The new building is situate in the King's-road, and commands one of the best views of the sea to be found in thin very popular watering place. It is in the Italian style of architecture, admirably finished both within and without. The structure is nine stories in height, and has elegantly shaped balconies along the entire front of the windows. The interior of the build ing is remarkable for the abundant amount of space which has been devoted to every department; and all the new principles of ventilation seem to have been skilfully followed. All the usual requisites of coffee room, library, reading room, biliard and smoking rooms, are well arreenged; and on the ground floor there are two tastefully e,ecorated con servatories, together with a ladies' coffee reeom, which latter I I has all the character of a drawing roor,i in a private man sion. The coffee room is without :toubt one of the most elegantly decorated apartments fever seen, and although gilding enters largely into the ornamentation, yet the other colours are so relatively blended, that the effect is evsryPlLing that could be wished, The hotel contains 26 P ., rooms, and on each floor both hot and cold bathe hav e been provided, a " lift" also renders the ascending of the stairs by a visitor needless, and he has only to take 'lds seat in a very pretty little room on the ground floor and forthwith he is raised to the storey upon which his room is situate. The charges are extremely moderate—so moderate, indeed, that any person can avail hiras , :if of the advantages of th 3 Grand Hotel, as the chs.rge for bedrooms ranges from 2s 6d to 21a. The direc teas have determined to leave nothing undone that can conduce to the comfort of the public, and it is to be hoped that their exertions will meet with that success which their spirit, enterprise, and large outlay entitles them to. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY. --The Elgin Courant records the death, under very melancholy circumstances, of Miss Margaret Walker, resieing with her brother, who is schoolmaster at Tulloch, in Strathtay, in the parish of Logierait, Perthshire. "Mr Walker, on Sunday week, went to church as usual, a dis tal:lee of about three miles, and on returning he found that leis sister had left home without leaving any message as to where she had gone. Ho took no particular notice of this, as Miss Walker was in the habit of occasionally visiting a friend that resided a few miles distant, with whore she once stayed all night. Little was thought about her absence un til Monday night, when David M'Naughton, gamekeeper, Pitnacree, found her clothes about two miles from the schoolhouse, folded and laid up in a most regular manner. It appears she waa seen by two men on Sabbath night, about an hour after she left her brother's house, in a state of nudity ; yet, strange to say, these men gave no alarm. On Monday night the friends cf the young woman commenced an active search, which was continued in vain until Wednesday night, when the body was found atnce4 2 the hills, 10 miles from the house, lifeless and still nuked. a h n i c d h i g there was By post-mortem eixamination, loft emnae.`den of long ie discoveredno doubt. i n b u:id 12a t p o o r t t h i oe x n e of t r the a o r a shy circumstances which re su lt e d i n h er melancholy death. The brain, verdict of the medical men who made the post-raortem examination was :—Died from exposure, while wandering In a state of insanity ; but we believe they were of opinion that she had recovered her senses before death—a circum stance which makes the case still more lamentable. Miss Walker was a moat intelligent, quiet, inoffensive, and kind hearted young woman, in her twenty-third year, ItAd was a gclaral APArIt9 pit all yap 1;13,Qw 1 TEE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1864. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.! [BEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPAIN. MADRID, JULY 21. The .Noticias publishes a despatch from La Graeja, stating that the King of Spain will set out for Franca on the 10th, instead of the 15th, of August, so as to return on the 25th August. FRANCE. BOURSE, July 21.—The market has been very dull, but up to the present time there has been but trifling variation in prices. Threes, for the Account, after having been done at 66t. 30c., are now un varied at 66f. 25c. iMobilier, after having touched 1,003 f. 25c., have receded to 1,003 t. 75f. Railway Market quiet, but arm. The market became heavier towards the close, and left 41 per cents. ..... . 94 50 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents ...... 66 25 Do. end month.... 66 20 Credit Mobilic - 990 Do. end month.... 091 25 Bank Shares ......3400 Credit Fonder •• Roman .. 79 25 RAIL off es follows Italitn Loan 6B 20 Do. -.nd month 6B 15 Ditto Threes, — Neq Mexican 66 1 ItuEsian Austrian .. Sptnish Threes., — Home Debt 49 Deferred YA.7B. Cash. Account. 675 872 50 978 75 .. 980 900 900 Orleans. Northern .... _ Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto - • • Southern 640 .. 641 25 Western Eastern ......... •.• Sardinian 352 50 .. 350 Austrian Lombard North of Spain Saragossa.. Ditto to Barcelona .... 250 -- .. 250 LIT THE BOMBAY MAIL, inc,aeh following By the arrival of th e B o mbay mail we have re. ceived our private correspondence and files of papers from Calcutta to Ja ne 13 and Bombay June 23. tslligencs had b een rece i ve d i n Calcutta, by telegraph from Simla, of a battle having been fought are reported to hav e b e en killed on each side. lh in Which the Ameer was victorious. 2 , 000 extracts are from the Overland summary of the Bombay Gazette:— " An uneasy fee,ing Las prevailed on the North. Eastern frontier, since the return of the Bhootan Mission, in expectation of aggressions by the Bhoo tanese. They are said to be assembling at a place not far from Julpigoree, and that the Sooba of Dabinoote is Collecting supplies there. The Bhoo tanese have, more over , cons ulted their priests and oracles as to a favorable time for commenciti e p r oceedings; bat th e later are unfavourable co an invasion of British territory, and have s t, erniy for. bidden it. If attacked, however, by the British within their own borders, then Vile Bhutanese are promised by their oracles a series of triumphant victories. " Sir John Lawrer,ce has declared himself op posed, for military reasons, to the extension of the Scinde Railway co Mocltan, and favourably inclined towards maintenatce of an Indus flotilla. " Ia the the case of Mahomed Sooffee, the chief of th e rebels who were recently tried and convicted of high treason at Umballah, in the Upper Provinces, Sir Herbert Ed wardes has, in addition to confirming the sentence of death passed upon him by the Ses sions Judge, directed that his body be burnt after execution, as was done in the case of the murder of the late Major Mackeson, a former Commissioner un the Punjab. "Intelligence has been received from the Punjab that the Nawab of B asvulpore has murdered his uncle,ann that the Lieutenant• Governor, Sir Robert Montgomery, has propesed to the Supreme Govern ment to take over the management of the Nawab's territory, theuival Political Agents being appointed to reside there. "The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Candia, Capt. Castle, which suffered so severely in the cy.:tone off Socotra on the 29th April last, has reached Calcutta in safety. Th.' latest Afi• - ;Ccz fcuui .ei,sr is z.a.Lcau are to the effect that Sirdar Mahomed Ufzul Kban, the eldest brother of the Amur of Cabool, has usurped the title of Ameer, in which he is aided and abetted by the Khan of Bckhara ; and he has threatened to send an army against Cabool, which is about to start for Bameean. The Ameer de facto, if not de jure, Shere Mahomed Khan, seems to entertain no fears as to the result of an appeal to arms, and maintains a bolder front and more defiant tone than ever, since the defeat and flight of his second brother, Mahomed Auzin Khan, who is now at Rawul Pindee, in the Punjab, awaiting an interview with the Lieutenant - tieneral of that province. "Dr. Livingstone, the renowned African traveller and missionary, arrived at Bombay in his little riverthe 14th inst., having left that port on the Ist idem. st Immediatelyem er o t n h e Lady h iarr iNvaiyna 3 r s . a Livingstone started P tie eo F n r a e , for his P a with despatches for Excellencyunn s ee ir , B vici ar turned to Bombay. re. He has since re lincb g Ei.A l4, K l TS—This Day ,•-- 11A.Rli•LANE4 Only a moderate supply of home-grown wheat was re ceived fresh up to our market to-day. Generally speaking the trade was quiet. N evertheless, Monday's prices were ateadi , y supported. large. The trans actio ns in most descriptions were of li m ited extent, yet prices ruled fi rm . Th e supply of foreign Wheat on the stands was mo deratel y Fl oa ting cargoes of grain s t ea dily supported previous rates. Barley, the supp l y o f which on sale was small , ruled firm, with a m n alt aupwardbouta tendencyay ra in prices. The supply of oa t s on sale was large. Dlost descri p tions were in fair averag e re Beans and peas we in li m it e d supply, g In b us i nes s was transacted , on o former terms. "eat, and prices ruled firm. and Loth articles fully supported previous rates. The flour trade was steady, at late quotations. ARRITALS 71118 IvIABIE. Wbf''' t • Barley, I.lalt. Oats. Flour. English.... •-4`o _ ~ 270 J f ( 0 0 ~ 470 Irish.. ...... — _ ' _ 3.2 Foreign-- I 31,39 J 160 ski, Do ._— 1,200 AND . EADENHALL NEW G A.TE AIT The rapply of meat on sale is moderately g ood, and th e traede is dull, as follows : ?er 81b. by the carcase. d a d ads() Inferior beef . ~ 4 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 2 4 4 Middling do, Z 4 3 8 Prime do 4 6 48 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal 3 6 4 4 Do. small do. ~ 4 0 4 2 Small pork 3 10 4 6 Large pork ~. ~ o 2 3 6 Lamb Inferior mutto n , 3 8 4 0. owing to the B OR OUGH HOP. The accounts from the p l an t a t ons are not favourable, The supply of h ops on sale i s ver y small, and the trad e want of rain experienced in most di s t ricts. rules firm, at rathsr higher prices for fino samples, TEA—The CO LONIAL. yesterday w i t h out any mater i a l c hange as regard s p r i ces. Public sa l es were brought to a termination Sta"—° la l Y limited transa ctions have been r ecor d e d i n West I n di a, and prices have b ee n barely m a i n t a i ne d , i n f o . rior descriptions being held at a decline of about 6d per cwt. Li the refined market there has been a limited busi• ness at ste a d y prices. COFFEE. —Th e d eman d for Plantation Ceylon h as been steady, although prices have in several instances given slightly way; other descriptions remained without change of importance. RICE. —A fair amount of business Las been done in East India, which has fully maintair-ed previous values. TAT, Low—T he :Lark& has continued rather inactive, but quotations !Trull) stP;ady, P.Y.C. on the spot being Us tar., 3d, and last th ree nths 433 per cwt. —dS Or M R 801'11E110N ESTCOURT..-- 'We regret t o aonounee that the health of Mr Sotheron Esteourti s in sucha precarious state as to be a cause of seem a nx i ety to his friends.---so precarious, indeed, as to render hire una b le to attend the funeral of his brother. The attack with which ho was seisid about three years ago (bleeding at the nose from the ruptare of a bloodvessel) has renewed itself, and for some days the right hon. gentleman has been confined to his house in London. The shock oc casioned by his brother's illness and death was probably the cause. There is not, we are sure, a single person in the county who does not heartily wish fcr the right lion. gen• tleman's speedy recovery.— Watshire Mirror. CRYSTAL PALACE, THURSDAY.—ONE SHILLING DlT. — Admissions on payment, 5,500 ditto by Feu= tiCketo) 1, 11, 19t41 Tigitorol 72011; R E, Mr. Anthony Trollope's New Work. The Small House at Allington. By Anthony Trollope. 'lwo Vols. I►lustrated by J. E. Millais, R. A. Elect. Smith, Elder and Co. For an easy• going story-teller, commend us to Anthony Trollope. Although it seems to us, com paratively speaking, but a very few years since he first began writing his novels—how many of them, to be sure, be has since then contributed to our imaginative literaure ! To write an imaginative narrative appears for him to be about as facile a pastime, about as pleasant to himself while penning it, as to his reader while skimming it afterwards rapidly with eager eyes and a flying paper•bnife— to be for him about as fe.cile and pleasant a pas time as it might be to any ordinary adept in the social art of table-talk to rattle off any given quantity of anecdotes and bon-mots, while cranking a dish of filberts after dinner CUM grano salis, sipping, the while, at intervals the ruby coloured and white-bubbling contents of a magnum of old-crusted ! With regard to our author, it is especially noticeable upon opening any one of his fictions—and it matters nothing to us which of them may be turned to, hap-hazard, with a view to testing by an examination of it the accuracy of this our remark—it is especially noticeable about him at the very outset of any one of his novels, in his mere manner as a narrator, that there is no evidence of the smallest kind of anything at all discernible there in the opening chapters in the way of prepa ration. It is with him as it is with an artist, who— taking up his brush in front of a blank canvass — begins at once unhesitatingly sketching in his de• sign, colouring it as he goes on, never once, so far as we can judge, altering his intentions, modifying nothing, slurring over nothing, not a line, not a hue—leaving everything he does, just precisely as he does it, and yet somehow or another, by a happy instinct, as it would seem, producing a capital picture in the end, and a picture worth studying. Whether all this be the result, in his instance, of a carefully acquired mastery of the ars celare artem, or whether it simply seises from a constitutional aptitude for the telling, cff- hand, of any number or variety of fictitious incidents just as they come into his head —certain it is that he has a way with him in the relating of a story as quietly alluring, or enticing, of its kind, as well could be. He begins as it were sotto VOCB. He never, as we might say, startles one into attention. He recounts what he has to acquaint U 9 with, with the agreeable manner of an accom plished conversationalist. While his narrative has about it, always, the delightful fluency of a veritable im' e rovisation—he improvises with, in his very bearing, all the amiable self-possession of an Eng- fish Gentleman—not the least in the world after the fashion of your Italian improvisator°, with lashing eyes, distracted accents, and excited gesti culation. Reading any one of his books we are con jured at onceout of the region of the Sensationalists, We breathe a calmer atmosphere. We are in the drawing-rooms or on the lawn—playing croquet, it may be, or dancing quadrilles with people often very much like ourselves, whether in their own nature or in their surroundings. Never, perhaps, has any other novelist, from the days of Apuleius to the days of Bulwer-Lytton, made so much of so little (in the way of a theme) as Anthony Troliope. Several successive pages, for example, he will fill with the merest prattling small-talk in the way of anyday or of everyday conversation not a sparkle of wit in it, not a tone of eloquence, not a flavour of originality—yet so true to reality, so true to life, so true to human nature in every syllable, that we read it with delight and remember it with satisfaction. In respect to his characters, again, there is not one amongst them that we can regard in any particular as a paragon. Not even our oldest nay—almost we had said—dearest friend amongst them all, that good, simple. minded, wholly unworldly, thoroughly unsophisti eated Warden! But—with their little perversities, oddities, whimsicaiities—what characters they are, moreover, particularly the better sort of them! Facile princeps among them—incomparably the greatest. of .11 Mr. Anth,,.., rr.-i1,,,,.. —t;nna—Archdeacon Grantley 1 Then too, that dreadful but inexpressibly ridiculous personage Mrs. Proudie—that portentous Female Bishop, who has so unmistakeably taken into her own use not alone her husband's prunella apron, but the very black broad cloth raiment under neath it which he, and he only, of course, ought ever to have donned ! Shall we ever have dons laughing:at her ? Most assured not—so long as we can; recall to mind her Nicholas Rigby-like "harsh voice and arrogant manner," so long as we can contrive to note her very unfeminine width of stride, so to speak, when out and about upon her pro episcopal visitations—so long, in fact, as we can contrive to preserve the faintest recollection of her preposterous mode of illustrating anew in the old cathedral town the truth of Lord Byron's im. mortal couplet, that couplet asking after the manner of Martinus Seriblerns— " But, Oh ye Lord of La3ics intellectual not hen-pecked-you.all ?" Inform us truly, have they Then, that horribly greasy, unctuous Rev. Mr. Slope ! Together with all those other reverends, very reverends, and right reverends thronging Mr. Trollope's cParicrl novels with black coats as thickly as the red coated gentry crowd the the military fictions of Mr. LeNer ! A wonderful set of people they are, and almost all of them very interesting. Turning away, now, however, from the old familiar haunts of Barchester—forsaking here all thought of " The Warden," of " Framley Par- sonage," of " Dr. Thorne,"—putting altogether out of view " Richmond Castle" and " Orley Farm"—let us accord to the last completed fiction from the hand of this ready-writer-turned-Novelist the welcome it unquestionably deserves. And as charmingly fluent life-like natural a story it is, as any he has yet dashed off with a flying pen, a pen winged like the patasus of Mercury, Having read it from month to month as it appeared originally in the pages of the gold-coloured Cornhie/, we hail its appearance nor collectively in these two large-sized handsome volumes as that of a well.known favourite—" The Small House at Allington It has this peculiarity about it to begin with—that the heroine of the story is the most charming of all Mr. Anthony Trollope's heroines. Lily Dale—sweetest " rose in that rosebud garden of girls ! " A fair English maiden—a true woman—a perfect gentlewoman. And yet so shamefully treated throughout ! Not alone by the imaginary characters in the midst of whom she moves—but by the author himself ! Is it not so? Answer this, anyone, who has read "The Small House at Allingtou " Has not Mr. Trollop° given her two lovers—each one of whom is simply intolerable. One of these, the creature idolised by poor Lily Dale to the very l ast , jilt s her disgracefully, like a would be fine gentleman, but an ingrained snob and scoundrel as he is—Adolphus Crosbie to wit ! Yet, perhaps, of these two lovers of Lily Dale— detestable the- ugh Crosbie's conduct in jilting her unquestionably is—of the two, the other one, the more faithful swain, is far and away the more intolerable ! Johnny Eames, our au thor evidently intends us to look upon very kindly all through the book. Johnn y Eames, we are manifestly expected to accept as the better hero, as the hero, in fact, of the narra tive. He it is who trounces Adolphus Crosbie on the railway platform ! Johnny Eames it is who saves that good netured, stout, vulgar, old Earl de Guest, fr ,m being gored to death by an in furiated bull in one of his own meadows down at I Gaastwick ! Yet—all through the book —Johnny Eamesis barely to be endured I All through the book he is little better than an under-bred nincompoop ! The utmost reach of dignity he attains at the very last, in our estimation, is little more than that appertaining to an overgrown hobbedehoy ! We hardly know where we like him the least—when at his beet, or when at his worst ! When he is giving his rival, the West-end swell, a black eye--or when he is tucking his legs under the mahogany of his earl-patron! The olostintolerable of all, however, we ought surely to describe him as—wh ere he is shown to us as one of the household in lqrs.Roper's Burton crescent Establishment—as the frien d of that horrid Joseph. Cram:lel!, as the betrothed for some time, and eventually, toe, the jitter of Amelia Roper, as the as• fiociate Q;c ttwe odious people, Mr. And Mraullexq Altogether these lodging-house scenes at Mrs. ' Roper's are deeply to be regretted as flaws of a most damaging and distorting description in what, without them, much more nearly than it ever now can hope to do, might have approached the character of an entire and perfect chrysolite among our later gems of imaginative literature. Toe love story of Lily's elder sister, Bell, and Dr, Crofts, the local practitioner, must be pronounced, we are afraid, rather slow I Adolphus Crosbie, it is satisfactory to know, attains a full (to overflowing) measure of punishment, in winning the hand of the Lady Alesandrina—she whose father, by the way, though owner of Courcy Castle, as Earl de Courcy is (though an Thrl) an unconEclonable (there's no other word for it) blackguard. There is a good deal of fun of a quiet kind about one Sir lt , ,ffis Buffic— ironically spoken of as Old Hu 1: -3 Sctfli.;—down at Johnny E-IME , S 7 office. There is abundance alto of a more quiet even, as one may say, stet sly drollery in all thaOs said about the seeming approach too liaison between Mr. Plantagenet Palliser and the Lady Griselda Dumbello, daughter, it will be remembered, of that—as already intimated—prime favourite of oars, among all Mr. Anthony Trollope's characters, the delightful Archdeacon 1 Excellent, moreover, as studies of character, are the limnings, here, by Mr. Trollope, of the good old Squire, of his sister-in• law, the mother of Bell and Lily, and of the Squire's heir and nephew, Captain Bernard Dale, the walking gentleman of the homely drama played out between the large and the small house at Allington ! Happiest and best among all the minor humorous delineations being that of the character of good natured grumpy old Hopkins, the Squire head gardener ! Altogether " The Small House at Allington" is a fictitious narrative as charmingly written as any yet penned by Mr. Anthony Trollope—the pictorial illustrations, from the pencil of Mr. Millais—being one or two them at least—not unworthy of the youngest of our Royal Academicians, The Guardian Angel. By the author of "A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam.' Two Vols. Hurst and Blackett. A very pleasant and as invaluable art is that in culcated by this very charming writer—the art of happiness—of " making the best of it"—of recog nising the bright lining to the clouds that over shadow us, and of entrapping the golden sunbeams that ever and anon shine upon our path. There is enough of sorrow and of evil in the world assuredly, and there are more than enow of " goodnatured candid" friends who love to tell us "the truth," as they see it—that is in the most lugubrious and dis agreeable light imaginable ! There aro enough, and more than enough, of such kind comforters abroad to make the rare visits of these "Guardian Angels," who bring an atmosphere of sunshine around them doubly welcome. The Guardian Angel of the story now laid before us is little Dora E►phick, a village sempstress, and here is her philosophy :—" I think it would be a strange thing if we turned all our pictures with the faces to the wall, and made up our dress on the wrong side instead of the right; but it is what most people do, I think. Igenerally take my troubles and look at them, and turn the best side out, and by hiding the ugly one almost forget it's got one/ Little Dora is Lot without her troubles; the secret of happiness being (as Mark Tapley so earnestly explained a nd exemplified) not an absence of troubles, but the power of overcoming them. When a heavy grief falls upon Dora—that is to say, the heavy grief of a novel heroine, a disappointment in love— she makes the best of it, she " takes her trouble and looks at it, and turns the best side outwards." She constitutes herself the Guardian Angel of the object of her affection, and, in the good fortune which she is the means of procuring for him, she finds her own reward. The story is very ingenious and very interesting, and contains a variety of attractive characters. Without betraying the secret of the tale, we must, however, withhold our commendation from the main statagem by which Dora elicits the truth of a hidden mystery—we mean her entrance into theTyrrei family—for that purpose. "Under the Rose" was the chivalrous motto that celebrated the sacred secresyof the. domestic circle,and the uncivilised Arab is loth to betray the man of whose bread and salt ne bas partaieu. Dora artifice le tut, touch akin to treachery to have our sympathy, but saving in this one incident the conduct eled character of the heroine are most admirable and loveable throughout. The home life of the newly married inmates of the White Cottage is very naturally and gracefully described. The fair bride is the charming Geraldine, so ignorant of household duties and yet so jealous of any advice from her more experienced sister-in law, Edith. Arthur Rivers is certainly a paragon of husbands, but his conduct to hie sister is hasty and most unbrotherlike. However, we shall be telling too much if we dwell longer on the particular incidents of the story ; let us rather commend it as a bit of "sunshine" that the novel-reader will do wisely to " entrap." Tales about Animals, By Peter Parley. Twelfth Edition. One Vol., pp. 688, with 500 engrav- fogs. William Tegg. A book that has reached a twelfth edition is inde pendent of the critic's eulogiums. Peter Parley, moreover, is a name dear to the nursery and the play-room, and these tales of his about animals have the additional attraction of bearing his name. Some 500 spirited engravings of the various ani mals of the field and forest embellish the little volume, and the letterpress descriptions are very comprehensive and interesting, enlivened as much as possible by incidents and anecdotes. Our Common Insects. First Steps to Entomolo. By Mrs. E. W. Cos. Oue Vol., pp. 12U. Robert Hoirdwicke. " Sermons," we know, are proverbially to be found " in stones," and good, most assuredly, may be recognised in everything. Dr. Watts is not the only philosopher who has sent his pupils to learn admonition from the ant and the bee, and however much that delightful example of the dolce far nie7zte the barrister Eugene may "object to the bees," on principle, those exemplars of industry will long hold their high position as popular favourites and encouragers. A similar term of the value of trifles and of the power of perseverance is enforced in. deed by the whole insect world. The common in sects of England, of which wo . se.e so much and know so little, are here very pleasantly introduced to our notice by Mrs. E, W. Cox, who has given in the few pages of this little Tolumetts a complete resume of the ways and wonders of this too much despised Lilliputian world. As an example of the lively style in which the little work here under notice is penned, let us quote from the opening pages the following defence of entomology Few branches of Science have suifered as much from neglect and derision as Entomology has done. Does the minuteness of its objects give ris e to this isliustice ? If so, we might as well assign to the physiologist (Ncho carries on his microscopic studies among infinitesimal morscules) a position in the scientific world inferior to his whose interest is confined to exhuming the gigantic remains of extinct animals ; and with no invidious comparison we cannot doubt that pre-eminence is due to the former student, Or does the unsightly appearance of many insects prejudice us against a more familiar acquaintance with their kind ? It so, let us examine them more carefully, and doubtless we shall be repaid for our trouble and courage, by finding them possessed of external and internal beauties of colour and structure, not surpassed by any other part of the animal kingdom. If, however, we object to them on account of the injury they do to our property, pause we a moment to in quire whether the benefits we receive from them do not wore than counterbalance the many evils of which they are the cause. Finally, when wo remember the impor tant place in our universe assigned by the Almighty Creator to these minute beings, let us inquire whether sve aro justified in treating them with neglect and indifference. The conclusion, doubtless, to which every thoughtful mind will arrive is, that Entomology is by no means unworthy of elevation to a level with any of her sister sciences ; and for this reason we subjoin the following sketch, rath er with i the hope of inducing our readers to enlarge their inquiries as to the habits and nature of insects, than with that of supplying any new information on the subject. And as a specimen of the interesting character of the descriptions tnemselves, we will take at hazard one most appropriate for the day, a sketch, namely, of the house fly, which is now tormenting us : The wonderful adaptation of form to function which per vades the animal kingdom is in no instance more b ,s eauti fully exemplified than in t he formation of the fly which naturalists, after a ser ies of researches, have found to consist ct two or three mem braneous suckers, convex above hencstp, coulitrllCtO to OVA atmospheric pres- sure upon the exterior surface, which enables this insect to walk against gravity with the back downwards upon ceilings, and also to climb up smooth surfaces—feats which our little fly's great enemy, the spider, is unable to accom plish. Sufficient numbers of house-flies, however, are captured during their airy excursions by being enangled in the cunning traps laid for them by their stealthy fce . Much as we are annoyed in England during certain seasons by house-flies—when we consider what a pest they are in many foreign countries, especially in Spain and the South of France, we have reasons to be thankful for the comp' rativa immunity we enjoy from this insect's irritating' persecutions. In writing of Languedoc and some part of Spain, Mr Spence says, " If I farmed these countries 1 think I should manure four or five acres every year with dead flies ;" and in the olive districts in France the inha bitants are obliged at every meal to keep a person ex' pressly for the purpose of driving away these tiey tor mentors. zir CH DIET 01)11101> 4k. HER MAJESTY, OSBOItNE, July 21. The Qaeen drove yesterday in the grounds, both in the morning and afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louis of Hesse and the Princess Louise. Prince Louis of Hesse, attended by Captain Von Westerweller, went to Aldershot, and on his return after the field.day was met at Southampton by the Princess Louis in the Fairy. Her Royal. Highness was attended by Baroness de Grancy. Tne Duke of Argyll arrived and had the honour of dining with her Majesty, Prince and PrincQ Leiningen also dined at Osborne. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena continues to improve in every respect. The rush has entirely disappeared. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince and Princess of Wales came to Marlborough House yesterday forenoon from the White Lodge, Richmond Park. The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of the Council of his Royal Highness, he,cl at the Office of the Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham-gate , St. James's Park. There were present Sir "W. Dunbar, Keeper of the Privy Seal ; Sir W. J. Alexander, AttorneY General ; Lieut. General Knollys, Comptroller of the Household of his Royal Highness; and the Lord Portman. Arrival of the Grand Duchess Mary of Russia Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marl of Russia, accompanied by his Excellency 0 161 Count Strogonoff and a numerous suite, arrived at Dover by the half-past three boat yesterday after. noon from Calais. His Excellency the Russian Ambassador, who left town early in the morning for Dover, was 1 3 waiting on the pier to receive the duchess. Shortly before four o'clock his excellency con' ducted tier Imperial Highness and suite to the train, her Imperial Highness and suite occupying Royal saloon carriages, and being attended by the sups' iintendent Mr. Knight. The train arrived a t the Charing-cross station about six o'clock, from whence her Imperial Highness, accompanied 1)5 9 Baron Brunnow, proceeded to Claridp's Hotel , Brook street, where her Imperial Highness wil l stay for a few days previous to her departure for Torquay, where it is expected her Imperial High' nets will stay fora few months. His Excellency the Ambassador of France wi ll for leave Albert Gate House on or about Thursday nest, Paris. His Excellency the Minister for the Netherla nds and Madame Van do Weyer and family left Grosvenor' square yesterday for New Lodge, Windsor Forest. The Marquis and Marchioness of Carmarthen have left town for the season. The Earl and Countess of Dartmouth "lac e arrived at their residence in Grosvenor-square from ti le Continent. The Countess Cowper is entertaining a se lect party at Panshanger, Herts. Earl and Conn:oA of Fite and Lady Autl ° Duff have left town for their seat in Scotland. ✓ The Earl and Countess of Morley will leavo town early neat week for their seat, North Molten , Devon ' The Countess of Cededon has left town f or the season. Viscount and 'Viscountess Ingestre have left town for their seat, ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. Viscount and Viscountess Somerton have left town for their seat, Madehurst Lodge, Arundel, Susses. Lord and Lady Foley will leave town to -day °I 3 a continental tour. Lord Willoughby de Broke and family have 163 town for the season. DEATH OF CHERUBIM'S WIDOW AT NINO" ONE I—Madame Cherubini, widow of the great coniP ier e t has just died in Neuilly. She was in her ninety-first yo.' The small body of friends which accompanied her rema ins to the grave was headed by M. Auber. LAUNCH OF A CUNARD STEAMER.—On Wedne r day afternoon an iron screw steamer, intended f °r the Cunard North American service, was launched lr °° the building yard of Messrs Tod and Macgregor, Glaegn' t. ' The new vessel, which has been named the Cuba, preeeDt° the following dimensions :—Length of keel and forerale' 327 ft ; breadth of beam, moulded, 420 ; depth moulded l° spar deck, 29ft. The tonnage is 2,382 by builder's measur e' ment, The Cuba will be propelled by oscillating eegie ! of 650-horse power nominal, fitted with surface condeneo' and all the latest improvements. She will possess 3' aceunr: modation for 300 first-class passengers, and if it should any time be deemed desirable to employ her as a troopsUiP'e she would be found capable of transporting 1 , 500 men. Illd rig will be similar to that usually adopted in the tenw tr ships, Cunningham's patent reefing topsails being Crw ployed, and the masts being furnished with Sir Snl Harris's lightning conductor as applied to iron ships'; 4-t duplicate ship to the Cuba, to be named the an" , present being built for the Cunard Company by Ne s ' 3l. ::, Thompson, of Govan, and is expected to be launched ' February, 1865. THE FORTIFICATIONS OF SPITUEAD.—It vol s originally proposed by the Defence Commissioeo rs that five forts should be constructed for the defence of SO head, and the positions chosen for these Were the 1 1°14 Sand, No Man's Land, the Spit Point, at a point into mediate between the fort on the Horse Sand and P°l4slsland, and on the Sturbridge. It was, however, (,"5' covered that a proper foundction could not be obtained °lli, the last-named shoal, and a select committee, consisting (); Admiral Miine, Captain It. S. Hewlett, R.N. , Colonel ji W. Gordon, .11,E., Colonel C. V. Cockburn, lt.A., (3 ° l°l3e c i 11. D. Harness, R.E., Captain J. Bythesea, R.N. , ~e James Ferguseon, Esq., was appoin ted to recommendec'" alteration should be made in the original plan of the cons ecl; missioners conquent upon the abandonment of the woe on the Sturbridge. The committee made their report Yeisci terday. They unanimously recommend that a wo rk 5110iU,,1,',u0 be constructed on the Spitleenk, in a position abo ut yards to the south-west of the point on which it eva s gißally proposed by the Defence Commission to erect Such a work, the committee consider, would, iu conjlin ct ' ° , l with the batteries at Fort Monckton, bear immediately 111)ti, the anchorage of Spithead, and would also co-operate a n d t the works on the Horse Sand and No Man's Land, ito with the Blockhouse Point and Sou t h sea b atteries in defence respectively at the outer channel to Spithea d of the inner channel to Portsmouth harbour, A A la FATAL BOAT ACCID ENT ON THE TAMAI,I,- - t x accident occurred on Wednesda y on the Tamar, beJr which a mother and her child was drowned. The Voint at t e D o steamer went up the river to the Weir ,Head with g io children and friends of the Wycliffe Sunday school• to had, unknown it is said to .Ithe captain, one of her t °`: ea follow i ng astern. A boat conertining; a young man. Witis• Coombes, his wife and child, and a female friend, was ing up the river, and Coombes, in spite of a warning h fr o'' t ' a boy connected with the steamer, who was in lia r ;'. l r• f as t en ed his craft to that of the steamer. When nea r ' .- deo wellham Rock, the river heing narrow and tortuous, steamer made a sharp turn, and Coombes's boat, n• °1; the steered exactly in her wake, received the swell 00 broadside, shipped a wave, filled and sank. The etenn'ejffie soon as possible stopped and backed ; and, after sorn e fee culty, the young man Comities and his female friend re t ; to red to were got on board the steamer's boat. All eff ° e re discover the poor man's wife and however, os ee unavailing—they had sunk to rise no wore. Several b.,10 were soon on the spot, and the body of Mrs Ceornbcs s. recovered during the evening.— Western Atornzvy 6/1 FIVE CHILDREN BURIED ALIVE.--10 accident occu rr ed on Monday in the Rue Gti " ~,at near the Barrier du Combat. During the thunders , tv which burst over Paris some children took shelter frtner.,,e hail and rain against a wall which encl osed a piece set" 5 , 0 ground. The wall, behind which a q uantity of s tone . ': irie a material had been piled up, sudden l y g ave way end doe five of th children beneath the ruins. Three wor e Nor a , when got e out, and the two others, though sti l l aliCee • dangeeously injured.